Fang ye asked, "what is the main reason why the number of gibbons has decreased so fast?"

Fan Peng said: "the most important thing is habitat loss and quality degradation. Grass and fruit planting is the main reason for habitat degradation."

Of course, Fang Ye knows that it is a very common seasoning. Usually, when making braised meat or boiled mutton, he will put some grass fruit to remove the fishiness.

Fan Peng said: "grass and fruit are shade loving plants. In order to grow grass and fruit, people will remove the shrubs and vines under the forest, but they will not cut down the trees, because if they are cut down, the grass and fruit will be killed by direct sunlight in the dry season, so they selectively trim some trees.

From the appearance, the forest may not have changed, but in fact, there are only some big trees left in it. The small saplings have been cleared before they have a chance to grow. The forest has no chance to be renewed. After the big trees die, there will be very large empty windows in these forests, but people will not plant the trees again. "

Fangye seconds understand: "this is a little similar to the problem encountered by Asian elephants! The forest just looks green, but it is actually an empty shell."

The conflict between Asian elephants and people has become more and more intense in recent years, because the virgin forest has been cut down and replaced with rubber, a cash crop, including planting some Amomum villosum under the forest.

Rubber may not be as hot as before, but the rubber trees planted originally have not been cleared away, and the forest can not be renewed. It''s easy to destroy, but it''s too difficult to repair.

Asian giants like this have conflicts with humans. Whether they are killed or trampled on dead people, they can attract some attention. Gibbons usually live in peace with the world and rarely interact with people in trees. They disappear quietly and can''t splash a bit of water.

"In order to study the effect of grass and fruit planting on the behavior of heavenly gibbons, we chose two places with Gibbons for comparative study.

The first monitoring station was built by ourselves brick by brick. We built our own shelves, dragged bamboo rafts from the mountain to make walls, put thatch on the walls, and hung a gibbon poster.

Because there is a very famous plant in Gaoligong Mountain, the big tree Rhododendron. The Rhododendron is generally a relatively small shrub, but the big tree Rhododendron can grow up to 28 meters. It is unique here and is a very famous tree species in the world.

Some botanists and horticulturists in the world try their best to see the beauty of the big tree cuckoo with their own eyes.

One or two kilometers from our monitoring station, there is a big tree Rhododendron. Many people come to watch the flowers in bloom. When they see the flowers, they stop here and drink tea, so we put up a poster to promote gibbons and introduce them some gibbon knowledge. "

Fan Peng said here, drank a mouthful of rice wine and showed some nostalgic expression, but his eyes soon became melancholy: "unfortunately, only four months later, a group of gibbons we studied were beaten."

Raise your hand and make a "bang" shooting gesture: "four guns, a gibbon family will be gone."

Fang Ye''s heart suddenly tightened and frowned: "how dare you!"

Some wondered, "why steal Gibbons? Catch them as pets?"

Fan Peng smiled bitterly: "maybe some relatives and friends at home have epilepsy. Use Gibbons to treat them. There is a legend about gibbons, that is, they can shake so badly in the tree. Is it OK for them to treat epilepsy?"

Fang Ye sighed: "ah!"

Fan Peng added: "of course, the customs are different in different places. In some places, gibbon bones are used as medicine. In some places, poaching Gibbons rarely happens because the local people think that hunting Gibbons will lead to disaster."

Fang Ye nodded. Religion and folk customs have a close relationship with wildlife, not necessarily a negative relationship.

Some "good men and women" release snakes around the community. Invasive species such as Brazilian turtles and scavengers release them into rivers and lakes. A while ago, it was also heard that crocodiles were released. Small crocodiles bought by farms were released into the lake.

Of course, I don''t know the living environment they need. When they catch it in two days, they have already belched fart, and wasted a lot of human and material resources.

This kind of blind J8 release is not doing good, but doing evil.

Like Tibet, the holy mountain and lake, the concept of equality of all things has played a good role in the protection of snow mountain environment and plateau elves such as snow leopards.

Fan Peng said again, "there are also some Gibbons as pets, but only young Gibbons can be tamed.

Unlike other primates, gibbons attach great importance to the family and will fight to protect the safety of family members.

When poachers try to get gibbon children, their father will be killed first, then brothers and sisters, and finally the mother with the cub. Once the cub is watched, none of the other family members will be spared.

Cubs usually hold their mother tightly, and the mother dies. They may also fall from a height of tens of meters and cannot survive.

From poaching to transportation, 239 gibbon pets have died. As pets, the probability of survival is also very low. They may die after two years. "

Li Xing shook his head and said, "sometimes I see some videos of owl cafes and monkeys wearing human clothes on social media. A bunch of people comment and praise that they are cute, obedient and envious. They really can''t laugh at all."

Fang ye said: "before Yang Xiaochao and them came to the zoo to shoot variety shows, I also had repeated communication with the program team, hoping not to pass the wrong information to the audience."

These animals are cute and attractive, but they are not suitable for keeping as pets. Wild animals and cute pets are two different things.

Fill the glasses for two more people.

Li Xing said: "president Fang has a strong sense of responsibility. I think some zoos specifically sell this. Orangutans smoke, orangutans hug and take pictures with people."

Fan Peng continued: "after the gunshot, we still didn''t give up. We imagined whether the gibbons hid in other places and didn''t dare to shout. We stayed here for six months and never saw the gibbons again. Maybe they were really killed at the muzzle of the gun. We had to abandon the monitoring station.

Then we came to a new monitoring station, which is close to the highway and convenient for logistics. Unfortunately, the gibbon population here is very small. During the investigation, there were three, one male and one female, forming a family.

The family had a child, but I don''t know why she died. Later, she gave birth to another one. A few years ago, she gave birth to another one. Now the family has four.

Another female lone ape is the cousin of the male ape of the family. "

Fangye eyebrows a pick: "Oh?"

"Well, it''s the one we''re looking for."